There are many sites undergoing dramatic change as a result of decommissioned infrastructure and industry, or war and natural disaster. These sites, as degraded and disturbed landscapes, are in a state of dynamic flux ...

Landscape narratives have the ability to transport a visitor into the intimate realm of place: kinesthetically, through immersion, or abounding with ethos. This thesis examines the application of landscape narratives as a ...

The goal of this thesis is to explore design potentials of a stormwater treatment facility that can serve as a link to involve people in the urban water cycle. The site I examine is the proposed stormwater treatment facility ...

This design thesis examines the significance of therapeutic gardens in long-term geriatric care facilities and advocates for thoughtfully designed "out-of-doors" spaces that support the highest quality of life for elderly ...

New Zealand is a unique island nation with a history of European colonization overlaying earlier Polynesian settlement which results in unprecedented cultural challenges and opportunities. Confronting issues of urbanization, ...

This project traces a place-story of the Lake Union Dry Docks, a working industrial site wedged between growing residential Eastlake and the rapidly developing South Lake Union urban hub. Industrial sites are increasingly ...

This thesis examines the regional challenges facing the Great Lakes and proposes a series of simultaneous multiscalar strategies to address them. The proposal activates the potential, in the greater number and area, of ...

This thesis examines the regional challenges facing the Great Lakes and proposes a series of simultaneous multiscalar strategies to address them. The proposal activates the potential, in the greater number and area, of ...

This thesis examines the regional challenges facing the Great Lakes and proposes a series of simultaneous multiscalar strategies to address them. The proposal activates the potential, in the greater number and area, of ...

This thesis looks at the challenges and opportunities associated with designing pedestrian routes and public spaces near transit for safe and enjoyable use at nighttime. Since most commuters in northern latitudes spend ...

This thesis looks at the challenges and opportunities associated with designing pedestrian routes and public spaces near transit for safe and enjoyable use at nighttime. Since most commuters in northern latitudes spend ...

This thesis looks at the challenges and opportunities associated with designing pedestrian routes and public spaces near transit for safe and enjoyable use at nighttime. Since most commuters in northern latitudes spend ...

Intensive industrialization has left many cities with a variety of complex site conditions that necessitate innovative responses. Whether post-industrial and derelict or actively functioning under soon-to-be obsolete modes ...

This thesis hypothesizes that large-scale commercial sites throughout the world are well-positioned to be assets for cities and communities in the future. The condition of a large-scale commercial space standing where a ...

Once a ubiquitous source of drinking water, today the majority of Olympia's free-flowing artesian wells are all but forgotten. Only a few of more than ninety-six historic wells have not been capped, diverted into the sewer ...

As cities expand and evolve, urban infrastructure systems must become multifunctional, complementing one another in efficient ways that create synergies and contribute to the resilience and livability of our built environment. ...

This thesis, Oasis of Resilience, presents the challenges Syrian refugee children faced during the years of war in Syria and continue to face in Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. Recasting the physical environment as an ...

As we work to improve life for everyone on this earth, it is important to identify circumstances where societal ills reseed themselves. I am curious about finding ways to address destructive cyclical behavior, to productively ...

This thesis explores the policies, community relations, and locational process of self-organized homeless camps, in particular Camp Unity Eastside during their stay in Kirkland. The first chapter covers the importance of ...

As part of their Northwest Stream Center located in Snohomish County, Washington, Adopt-a-Stream Foundation plans to add a boardwalk route through the wetland site adjacent to their building to provide an outdoor learning ...